With 85.7 points, Hanoi stands second in the Vietnam E-Business Index (EBI) 2023 rankings, following Ho Chi Minh City.

A Vietnam-Australia trade and tourism promotion conference was held by Vietnam Airlines, Thien Minh Group and Vinpearl JSC in Sydney on April 19, drawing a large number of Australian businesses and travel firms from different Australian localities.

The Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched the “The thao Vietnam” (Vietnam Sports) mobile application to support the promotion of the Vietnamese sports delegation to the upcoming 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 32) in Cambodia.

General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Vu Viet Trang and President of the Prensa Latina (PL) news agency of Cuba Luis Enrique Gonzalez Acosta signed a new cooperation agreement during their talks in Havana on April 18 (Cuba time), which took place within the framework of the ongoing official visit to the Caribbean nation by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

A seminar on new areas for trade and business cooperation, especially in energy, climate change adaptation, green transformation and finance, education, healthcare, technology, and infrastructure, between Vietnam and the UK was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK in collaboration with British Expertise International (BEI) on April 18.

VOV.VN - The biggest rose festival in the northwestern region is scheduled to take place from April 27 to May 30 at Vietnam’s largest rose valley in Sa Pa town, a major tourist destination in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

VOV.VN - The Copyright Office of Vietnam held a ceremony on April 18 in Hanoi kick-starting a series of events in response to World Intellectual Property Day (April 26).

VOV.VN - Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 20 to 22 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

A friendship exchange programme on Vietnam – Italy solidarity was held by the Vietnam – Italy Friendship Association (VIFA) and the Italy-Vietnam Friendship Associations in the Veneto and Liguria regions, and the Italian Embassy in Vietnam, on April 18 in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK on April 18 introduced a special edition of the UK’s Diplomat Magazine featuring the Vietnam-UK relations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties (1973-2023).